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Unit 5: Amazing Things

Simon’s Task: Writing

Teacher: Wendy Zhang

School : Suzhou Science & Technology Town Foreign Language School

Teaching objectives:

1.

to extract useful information from a video and make a list of main points

2.

to piece together main points into a complete paragraph

3.

to write a brief introduction and conclusion

4.

to write creatively instead of just copying the sample

Important and difficult points: How to assemble ideas into a complete body part of the article & how to apply transitional words and phrases in writing.

Teaching method: situational method; audio-lingual method; content-based & task- based method

Teaching Steps

Content

Aim

Skills trained/ required

listening

Step1: Lead-in

Simon’s trouble

& Uncle John’s advice

Warm-up

Introduce the topic: writing is as easy as making a sandwich

Encourage students to use the language describe something/ practice the phrase “between two slices/ pieces of bread”

Step 2: Q&A

Ask students the definition of sandwich

descriptive speaking

Step 3: Make a list of 1. What ingredients to the main points

prepare for sandwich(16s Video)

2. Watch a video about the history of sandwich and extract the useful information (41s video)

1) Arouse the

listening

students interest 2) note-taking

Teach the new

words and phrases in Simon’s notes

3) Have the students familiar with the note

4) Teach students the way to search for information / resource for daily writing

1. Get to know the process of making a sandwich

2. Train the students skills to turn sentence fragments into a complete sentence

3. Judge whether the

writing is good or

not.

4. Make use of the transitional words to improve the

writing.

listening speaking critical thinking sentence/ paragraph writing

Step 4:Write the body paragraph

1. Make the filling of a sandwich (53’

Video)

2. Ask the students to complete Simon’s

note and make the points into a complete paragraph

3. Show Simon’s

writing. Invite the students to

comment.

4. Group discussion : find out the

transitional words and phrases for

different purposes

5. Apply the transitional words in writing & Write the body paragraph

Step 5: Write the introduction and consulsion

1. The last step of making a sandwich (15s video)

2. Teach how to

write a good

introduction&

conclusion

3. The students write

the introduction&

Conclusion

1. Ask the students to read what they write

2. Invite students to give their comment

Write an article about TV (100 words)

Uncle John appears again and says something

Learn how to write introduction &

conclusion

creative writing

Step 6: Presentation

Get feedbacks

speaking

Step 7 Homework

Step 8 Conclusion

Put the writing strategies into use

Echo the “lead-in”part